Koraj massacre
| Koraj massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of World War II | |
  Ahatovići Ahatovići (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | |
| Location | near Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Coordinates | 44°42′31.4″N 18°52′57.7″E / 44.708722°N 18.882694°ECoordinates: 44°42′31.4″N 18°52′57.7″E / 44.708722°N 18.882694°E |
| Date | 28 November 1941 (Central European Time) |
| Target | Bosnian Muslims |
Attack type | Mass killing |
| Deaths | more than 100 |
| Perpetrators | Serbian Chetniks |
The Koraj massacre was the 28 November 1941 mass murder of over a hundred Bosnian Muslim peasants from the village [1] near Brčko by Serbian Chetniks.[2] The massacre was in response to the 1941 anti-Communist Tuzla Rebellion.[3]
References[]
- ^ Node: Koraj (1036892451) openstreetmap
- ^ Marko Attila Hoare (2007). The History of Bosnia: From the Middle Ages to the Present Day. ISBN 9780863569531. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
- ^ Hoare, Marko Attila (2013). Bosnian Muslims in the Second World War: A History. ISBN 9780199327850. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
Categories:
- Yugoslavia in World War II
- 1941 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- November 1941 events
- Massacres in the 1940s
- Chetnik war crimes in World War II
- Mass murder in 1941
- Massacres in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Massacres of Bosniaks
- Bosnia and Herzegovina in World War II
- 1941 murders in Europe